GFH starts work on Harbour Row

GFH Real Estate (GFHRE), the real estate arm of GFH Financial Group, said it has started work on its $150-million Harbour Row, a new residential and commercial destination in the heart of Bahrain’s capital city Manama and located on the waterfront of the iconic Bahrain Financial Harbour.

Harbour Row has been envisioned to bring to market world-class amenities, prestigious lifestyle brands in a vibrant development which will include some 475 residential units across six buildings.

Having completed site preparation and mobilisation, Al Moayyed Contracting (AMC), the main contractor, has started foundation and piling works.

Kuwait PIC contract awarded

Amec Foster Wheeler said it has been awarded a contract by Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), for the integration project between its Olefins III, Aromatics II and Zour Refinery in Kuwait.

The contract covers front-end engineering design (Feed) leading to project management consultancy (PMC) for the project.

The new petrochemical facility will be integrated with the new Al Zour 615,000-barrels-per-day refinery, which will be one of the largest refineries in the region.

Gettco wins Doha tower work

Qatar-based Al Sawari Holding has awarded a key contract to its subsidiary Gettco Construction for the development of a mixed-use tower, comprising residential and hotel apartments, in the heart of West Bay at capital Doha.

Al Seeliya Tower is a 33-storey serviced apartment development which will come up on a 40,000-sq-m area. It will encompass 180 luxury apartment rooms on completion by the end of this year.

“We are pleased to sign this agreement with Gettco Construction, which I am confident will deliver this project to meet the highest standards of quality and agreed delivery date,” said Sheikh Turki bin Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, chairman of Al Sawari Holding Company.

Manateq offers industrial plots

Qatar’s state-run Economic Zones Company (Manateq) is inviting applications from potential investors looking to benefit from the opportunities in its Mesaieed Industrial Zone, a leading hub for businesses which is located 40 km south of Doha.

The industrial zone provides the opportunity of immediate handover of land plots, ranging from 1,500 to 300,000 sq m, and an option to move in now and start paying rent next year, and the possibility of extending the lease up to 25 years, reported The Peninsula.

Manateq develops and operates special economic zones, logistics parks and warehousing parks.

Sany’s 66-m concrete pump ... set for stadium work.

Sany machines for stadium sites

Sany Group, a leading global heavy machinery manufacturer, said it had shipped its 30th 66-m concrete pump unit to Qatar for deployment at 2022 World Cup stadium work sites as well as Doha metro project.

The machine is especially designed and manufactured for the Middle East region to cater to its hot and dry environment.

The machine was purchased by Al Maysan, a subsidiary company of Jaidah Group, and the primary dealer of Sany in Qatar.

The 66-m concrete pump unit was shipped to Qatar’s Hamad Port from Hunan province in China, said the Sany group.

Qatar to start work on solar plant

Qatar plans to start work on a major solar power plant in June this year and the plant, with an initial capacity of 200 MW of electricity, is expected to be operational by 2020, a report said.

Siraj Power will start production by April 30, 2020, Energy and Industry Minister Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada was quoted as saying by a Gulf Times report.

In his report to the annual general meeting of the Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC), Dr Al Sada said Siraj Power will have an initial production capacity of 200 MW of electricity, with an expansion plan of up to 500 MW.